Guy Miner
Master Loader
- Apr 6, 2006
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I seem to have discovered my own personal bullet crisis.
Was poking around in the garage, doing a little loading, sort of mulling over a few loads & rifles to tinker with... and started taking inventory of my bullets...
Oh my goodness... :shock:
Now someday I may need more match bullets, particularly if I get back into match shooting and back up to my 2,000 - 3,000 rounds of .308 Win every year, like I was doing for a while...
But hunting bullets? Nope. Got that covered... And then some. Good grief.
.204 - about 1,200 bullets. Mostly 32 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip varmint bullets
.224 - about 1,000 bullets. Mostly in the 55 - 69 gr variety. Could see getting more match bullets.
.243 - about 400 bullets. Mostly 95 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip hunting bullets
.257 - about 1,000 bullets. Mostly 115 gr Ballistic Tip & 115 gr Partitions. A few 100's as well.
.308 - oh my goodness... In addition to about 1,500 match bullets, there's roughly another 1,200 hunting bullets from 110 gr Sierra JHP varmint bullets to 220 gr Nosler Partitions, with a heavy emphasis on the 165 - 168 gr weights... NO, I don't need to EVER buy another .30 caliber hunting bullet!
.375 - Sitting at about 750 - 800 bullets, ranging from 220 - 300 grains, mostly Noslers. Includes a box of Hornady heavy jacketed solids, in case I ever need such a bullet...
Pistol bullets are almost as bad... There are boxes of cast lead .38, .44 and .45 cal bullets.. As well as 600+ jacketed bullets for the .44 and about as many for the .45 ACP...
Might need some more cast handgun bullets someday... maybe.
I enjoy picking out bullets, testing them, then stocking up on the ones I like. Apparently I liked that more than I thought. Some of these bullets go back quite a ways, have been stockpiling some for quite a while I think.
As I approach 60 years of age, I'm thinking that I will likely take somewhere between 10 and 20 more big game animals and go on quite a few coyote & varmint hunts during the rest of my life. I don't think I'm going to need thousands of big game bullets... Feeling a little silly now...
Good grief - I've got bullets... Now powder... I could maybe use some powder... :wink:
Guy
Was poking around in the garage, doing a little loading, sort of mulling over a few loads & rifles to tinker with... and started taking inventory of my bullets...
Oh my goodness... :shock:
Now someday I may need more match bullets, particularly if I get back into match shooting and back up to my 2,000 - 3,000 rounds of .308 Win every year, like I was doing for a while...
But hunting bullets? Nope. Got that covered... And then some. Good grief.
.204 - about 1,200 bullets. Mostly 32 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip varmint bullets
.224 - about 1,000 bullets. Mostly in the 55 - 69 gr variety. Could see getting more match bullets.
.243 - about 400 bullets. Mostly 95 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip hunting bullets
.257 - about 1,000 bullets. Mostly 115 gr Ballistic Tip & 115 gr Partitions. A few 100's as well.
.308 - oh my goodness... In addition to about 1,500 match bullets, there's roughly another 1,200 hunting bullets from 110 gr Sierra JHP varmint bullets to 220 gr Nosler Partitions, with a heavy emphasis on the 165 - 168 gr weights... NO, I don't need to EVER buy another .30 caliber hunting bullet!
.375 - Sitting at about 750 - 800 bullets, ranging from 220 - 300 grains, mostly Noslers. Includes a box of Hornady heavy jacketed solids, in case I ever need such a bullet...
Pistol bullets are almost as bad... There are boxes of cast lead .38, .44 and .45 cal bullets.. As well as 600+ jacketed bullets for the .44 and about as many for the .45 ACP...
Might need some more cast handgun bullets someday... maybe.
I enjoy picking out bullets, testing them, then stocking up on the ones I like. Apparently I liked that more than I thought. Some of these bullets go back quite a ways, have been stockpiling some for quite a while I think.
As I approach 60 years of age, I'm thinking that I will likely take somewhere between 10 and 20 more big game animals and go on quite a few coyote & varmint hunts during the rest of my life. I don't think I'm going to need thousands of big game bullets... Feeling a little silly now...
Good grief - I've got bullets... Now powder... I could maybe use some powder... :wink:
Guy
